Strawberry Margarita Jello Shots

I found the recipe for these strawberry margarita jello shots on Bakers Royale. They weren’t as easy to make as I had assumed. Here are are the instructions adapted from Bakers Royale and some tips to make sure you don’t have the problems I did.

Strawberry Prep(About two plastic containers of strawberries should do it, but you will have left over jello for sure) Cut the bottoms of the strawberry flat to get them to stand upright. When you do so, make sure that you do not cut off so much that there is a hole at the bottom. *REALLYbe careful about cutting off the bottom of the strawberry. Just the littlest hole (even a teeny tiny one) will make your jello leak out of the berry.

Use a paring knife or small spoon to hollow out the berries. Don’t get too into emptying the strawberry, just do your best. *Look for the biggest strawberries you can, they hold the most jello.

(For a kid friendly non-alcoholic version just use cold water or lemonade instead of tequila!)

Instructions
Boil one cup of hot water in a saucepan, then add in Jell-o powder and whisk until powder is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Set aside. Measure out 1 cup of tequila and set aside.

Add cold tequila to hot Jell-o mixture and stir to combine.

Pour mix into strawberries and chill overnight. Pour some sugar on a plate and rim your strawberries with it. You don’t need to wet the berry it will stick on its own. Garnish with cut lime triangles to finish. Keep really cold until serving.

hint on hollowing out the berries…if you have a strawberry huller (mine is from Crate and Barrel), it makes that part a breeze! First batch in the fridge and my fingers are crossed! Perfect for our college football tailgates (and the soaked gummy bears will be going into the game with us)!!!

I love all your jello shot ideas!! I made the orange peel ones over the past weekend and they were a hit with everyone!!!! I’m trying these ones this weekend, but wondering at about how many strawberry’s i am looking at for just one box of jello?

I can’t believe I didn’t put that on there! I believe I used about 2 containers. You know the medium sized plastic crates from the store. It’s super super time consuming though so I may have stopped after hollowing 1 and a half. There will always be left over jello. I just poured the extra into old fashioned style jello shot cups!

I have made these for two parties, and both times they were a huge hit. I’m not very good in the kitchen, so I appreciate the ease. Some of the other jello shots are a bit more intimidating (although awesome looking). If you could try to come up with some simple ones for us culinary idiots, I sure would appreciate it!

I am having mu 60th birthday bash next month and love these strawberries! My favorite drink though are Pina Coladas. Do you think the same principle would work using Pina Colada mix poured inside the strawberries?

I am having mu 60th birthday bash next month and love these strawberries! My favorite drink though are Pina Coladas. Do you think the same principle would work using Pina Colada mix poured inside the strawberries?